Draw-string for bath-mitts.



S. E. YOUNGLOVE. DRAW STRING FOR BATH MITTS, AP'PIICATION FILED AUG-29, 1914.

Patented July 4, 1916.

idngy gym m SIDNEY E. YOUNGLOVE, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

DRAW-STRING FOR BATH-MITTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed August 29, 1914. Serial No. 859,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY E. YOUNGLOVE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Monroe, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draw-Strings for Bath-Mitts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a bath mitt that affords a quick, thorough and convenient method of taking a bath, and provision is made whereby the mitt can be maintained in a sanitary condition and retained upon hands of various sizes.

' My invention aims to obviate the necessity of using a wash rag, sponge or similar toilet article that is liable to become displaced when in use and eventually unsanitary. \Vith this end in view I have devised a mitt that is constructed from toweling or a cloth.

capable of holding the water in suspension, at the same time presenting a rough and yielding surface such as permits of the body being thoroughly rubbed, cleansed and in vigorated to such an extent as to produce beneficial results. The mitt can be turned wrong side out and thoroughly washed, or unlaced and the piece of cloth or fabric thoroughly scrubbed or cleansed. The mitt has a wrist band, provided with a draw string which allows the mitt to be quickly placed upon a hand. 7

My invention will be better understood when reference is had to the drawing where- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mitt, partly unlaced; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion.

The mitt is preferably made of toweling, ratine or a coarse and rough cloth capable of holding water in suspension besides facilitating the use of soap, it being possible to scrub and rub the body at the same time that soap is applied thereto.

Reference will now be had to the drawing in which is shown a mitt made of a blank 11 having a thumb stall 12 and instead of stitching the side and outer edges of the blank I prefer to lace the same by using a cord 13. The side and outer edges of the blank are hemmed or inturned, as at 14 and provided with a series of openings 15 for the lace 13. The lace 13 can have the outer end thereof fixedly connected to the outer end of a blank and after the lace has been passed back and forth through the openmgs 15, the inner end of the lace can be sultably tied. It is this lace that permits of the mitt being opened and the inner side, as well as the outer side thoroughly scrubbed and cleansed. Furthermore, should the mitt be too small for a large hand, the lace can be partially opened to'permit of the side and outer edges of the blank separatmg and the blank adjusting itself to the size of a hand. The lace also permit of wa ter readily entering the mitt and saturating the same and with the mitt made of very heavy cloth a quantity of Water is capable of being held in suspension.

This mitt has a casing 16 and only one end of the casing is closed. In this closed end of the casing is placed a heavy or stiff piece of canvas, celluloid or other flexible material 17 having a key shaped opening or slot 18 with which registers similar openings in the side of the casing. The stifl piece of material 17 prevents the edges of the opening in the side walls of the casing from being worn or torn. In the case is placed a draw string 19, and one end thereof is fixed at the closed end of the casing and the opposite end thereof extends out of the casing and through the key shaped opening or slot 18 of the closed end of the casing. The free end of the draw string or cord is knotted, as at 20 and by shifting the string or cord into the narrow portion of the opening or slot 18, one of the knots of the string or cord, holds said string or cord in adjusted position. It is thus possible to place the mitt upon the hand and 'draw the string or cord until the inner or wrist band of the mitt snugly embraces the wrist, at which time the cord or string can be locked in engagement with the closed end of the casing. In some instances the ends of the string or cord 19 can be tied to the end of the lace 13.

What I claim is 1. A mitt having a wrist portion thereof provided with a casing, said casing having a wall thereof at one end provided with a key hole shaped opening, and a lace having one end thereof fixed in said casing and extending throughout said casing and through the wall opening of said casing with the other end thereof knotted and adapted to be held in the restricted portion of said opening.

2. A mitt having the wrist portion thereof provided with a casing, said casing having the wall thereof at one end provided with to be held in the restricted end of the open- 10 an opening, a stlff piece of material in said ing of the stifi piece of material.

casing at the opening thereof and provided In testimony whereof I aflix my signature with a key hole shaped opening registering in presence of two Witnesses.

With the openin in the Wall of said casin T 7 T 7 and a lace havir ig one end fixed in the (m SIDB EY 1 0U} ing and extending throughout the length Witnesses:

thereof and the opposite end knotted and LEWIS E. FLANDERS,

extending through the opening and adapted G. E. MGGRAW.

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